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New Delhi, Nov 4: Indian women's hockey eves are one match away from emulating their male counterparts in the Asia Cup. On Friday, the Rani Rampal-led outfit defeated defending champions and hosts Japan 4-2 in the second semi-final of the 2017 Women's Asia Cup in Kakamgigahara, in the Gifu prefecture. Quick goals in the first quarter from Gurjit Kaur (7', 9') and Navjot Kaur (9') helped India take

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Tainted former India cricketer S Sreesanth today said he would approach the Supreme Court in a last ditch effort to lift the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI following allegations of spot-fixing during an IPL match in 2013. "That is the only option left with me, to approach the Supreme Court. At the end of the day, my life, except cricket is going really well. I will fight for

New Delhi, Nov 3: Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has written a heartfelt message for now-retired Ashish Nehra. Nehra played his final professional match on Wednesday and Team India made sure to give him the perfect farewell as they beat New Zealand by 53 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, which is also the left-arm seamer's home ground. "1

New Delhi, Nov 2: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday gave a clean chit to India skipper Virat Kohli who was seen using a walkie-talkie during the first T20 International against New Zealand here. Kohli was sitting in the dug-out and TV footage showed him talking on the walkie-talkie at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. "While walkie-talkie is used by support staff to communicate

Nov 2: Ashish Nehra is a man of few words. The left-arm pacer played his last international match on Wednesday as India beat New Zealand by 53 runs in the first Twenty20 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Wednesday night. However, the 38-year-old didn't leave without having a last say. Chief selector MSK Prasad had recently said that Nehra will not be considered for selection beyond the three

New Delhi, Nov 2: Legendary Kapil Dev was sceptical about Jasprit Bumrah's long-term survival in international cricket with such an awkward action, but the former captain today said he has been proven wrong by the pacer. Kapil termed Bumrah a "fabulous" bowler and said the Gujarat pacer has completely changed people's perception about bowlers with unorthodox action. "He (Bumrah) is fabulous. When

New Delhi, Nov 2: Riding on a hat-trick by dragflicker Gurjit Kaur, India's women's hockey team thrashed Kazakhstan 7-1 in the quarterfinal on Thursday to enter the last-four of the 2017 Asia Cup being held in Kakamigahara, Japan. Gurjit opened India's scoring in the fourth minute when she brought her team level at 1-1 after the Kazakhs surprisingly took lead in the second minute through Verra

Mumbai, Nov 1: Indian all-rounder and current Baroda cricketer Irfan Pathan on Sunday took to Twitter to send a strong message to his boss following his sacking as captain of the Baroda Ranji team a couple of days back. In the tweet he posted, it reads as ‘Not wishing Good Morning & not being a YES man to ur boss can go against u...but don’t bother,keep doing ur work . Not wishing Good Morning &

New Delhi, Nov 1: Ashish Nehra running into bowl one last time at a place where it all began will form the sub plot as India aim to better their abysmal T20 record against New Zealand in the three-match series starting on Wednesday. The opening match at the Feroz Shah Kotla will be Nehra's last game in competitive cricket and India would look to bid a befitting farewell to the seamer, whose career

Brisbane, Oct 31: Heena Sidhu clinched the 10m air pistol gold medal to give India a perfect start at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships on Monday. Sidhu shot a combined score of 626.2 (386+240.8) to claim the top honours. This was Sidhu's second successive international gold after she, along with Jitu Rai, claimed the top position in the 10m air pistol mixed team event in the ISSF World Cup